“St. Martins in an Uproar\" 1801 British Political Satirical Etching By SW Forez For Sale

Size: 9 ¾”H x 14 ¾”W

Framed size: 16”H x 20 ¾”W

Artist: Charles Williams, active 1796–1830

Published by: S W Fores (S.W. Fores, a renowned print seller and publisher known for political & social satire during the Georgian era.)

Style: British

Production date: October 1,1801

Materials: paper

Technique: plate etching, 239 millimetres 23.9 cm 9.41” in

Width: 370 millimetres 37. cm 14.57” in

Inscriptions

Inscription content: Lettered: left bottom margin “'Pubd Octr Ist 1801 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly / rt bottom margin “Folios of Caricatures lent out for the Evening'”

Description: A thin man dressed as a judge is being chased down the wide steps of St. Martins in the Fields, his assailants being three clergymen, one of whom has snatched off the impostor's wig. On both sides of the steps are spectators. A fashionably dressed man (left) takes a pregnant young woman by the shoulder and points to the pseudo-parson, saying, "Go along with you I say this is the Parson for my Money". She answers, pointing to the fat person who has seized the wig, "Aye but I tell you it will stand good besides the Rector will do it over again for us". Two couples stand on the opposite side; a man holds up a stick, saying, "You Rascal how dared you to Marry Us". The other says: "Ah You Prophane Man how came you to Marry Us".